Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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Page 107
... mind ; what we knew before , we cannot learn ; what is not unexpected , cannot surprise . Of the idea suggested by ... mind sinks under them in passive helplessness , content with calm belief and humble adoration . Known truths , however ...
... mind ; what we knew before , we cannot learn ; what is not unexpected , cannot surprise . Of the idea suggested by ... mind sinks under them in passive helplessness , content with calm belief and humble adoration . Known truths , however ...
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... mind must feel at the perusal of Dryden's prefaces and Rymer's discourses . With Dryden we are wandering in quest of Truth ; whom we find , if we find her at all , dressed in the graces of elegance ; and , if we miss her , the labour of ...
... mind must feel at the perusal of Dryden's prefaces and Rymer's discourses . With Dryden we are wandering in quest of Truth ; whom we find , if we find her at all , dressed in the graces of elegance ; and , if we miss her , the labour of ...
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... mind very comprehensive by nature , and much enriched with acquired knowledge . His compositions are the effects of a vigorous genius operating upon large materials . The power that predominated in his intellectual operations was rather ...
... mind very comprehensive by nature , and much enriched with acquired knowledge . His compositions are the effects of a vigorous genius operating upon large materials . The power that predominated in his intellectual operations was rather ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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Lives of the English Poets: The Prior Congreve, Blackmore and Pope Samuel Johnson No preview available - 2003 |
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